Jake
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Variant of Jack, of Middle English origin, which has now come back into fashion as an independent given name
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dʒeɪk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jake is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 1.9K
- USUnited States1 in 2.5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 598 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
132,610 people, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Variant of Jack, of Middle English origin, which has now come back into fashion as an independent given name. It is also sometimes used as a short form of pJacob.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jake counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #563 | 132,610 | 1 in 2.5K | 132K | Jake | 598 |
| CN China | — | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Jake | 50 |
| GB United Kingdom | #286 | ≈35,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | 27 | Jake | 351 |
| PH Philippines | #482 | ≈33,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.3K | — | Jake | 150 |
| AU Australia | #228 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 103 | Jake | 287 |
| IE Ireland | #282 | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | 166 | Jake | 100 |
132,610 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jake is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Possibly a respelling of French Jacques.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Finnish, a diminutive of the male given name Jaakko
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Nynorsk, broken ice, icefloe
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, Fuerte, vigoroso. Anke ziola nik bino bi urte oboro, zegon anixko jake adin zionaren . 'Muy firme' . Mdg 127.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jake LaMottab. 1922USAmerican boxer (1922–2017)
- Jake Kasdanb. 1974USAmerican filmmaker (born 1974)
- Jake Johnsonb. 1978USAmerican actor
- Jake Hoffmanb. 1981USAmerican actor and director
- Jake Lacyb. 1985USAmerican actor
- Jake McDormanb. 1986USAmerican actor
- Jake Abelb. 1987USAmerican television actor
- Jake Lloydb. 1989USAmerican actor
- Jake Thomasb. 1990USAmerican actor
- Jake Paulb. 1997USAmerican YouTuber and boxer (born 1997)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 87 sources across 45 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 132K | #426 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 682 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 363 | #426 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2019 | 166 | #37 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2020 | 103 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2020 | 103 | #87 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 2020 | 103 | #87 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 2019 | 67 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 1944 | 42 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 27 | #165 |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2018 | 22 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2025 | 18 | #126 |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Jake a male or female name?
- Jake is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- Where does the name Jake come from?
- Variant of Jack, of Middle English origin, which has now come back into fashion as an independent given name. It is also sometimes used as a short form of pJacob. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What are other forms of the name Jake?
- In the etymology graph, John, James and Juan are forms of the same name in other languages; Jackie is a recorded short or pet form.
- In which country does Jake have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 133 thousand people named Jake, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jake.
- What does the name Jake mean?
- Recorded meaning: Variant of Jack, of Middle English origin, which has now come back into fashion as an independent given name.
- How common is the name Jake?
- In the United States, the national register counted 132,610 people named Jake in 2020, about 1 in 2.5 thousand residents.
- How common is Jake compared with other names?
- In the United States, Jake is the 563rd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Jake?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒeɪk/ (IPA) for English.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jakeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jake” — the 563rd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.